Bulgarian Railways add extra seats to train services over Christmas and New Year holidays

The Bulgarian Railway Company, "BDZ - Passenger Transport" EOOD, will provide additional 13,100 seats during the Christmas holidays and around New Year.

The company will add extra carriages to trains travelling along the main routes in the country.

From 23 December to 3 January including, the national railway carrier BDZ, will provide additional seats to train services on main routes such as:

Sofia – Varna - Sofia;

Sofia - Bourgas – Sofia;

Sofia – Plovdiv - Sofia;

Sofia – Yambol – Sofia;

Sofia- Svilengrad – Sofia;

Sofia – Gorna Oryahovitsa – Sofia;

Sofia - Rousse – Sofia;

Sofia – Pleven - Sofia;

Sofia - Lom – Sofia;

Sofia – Vidin – Sofia;

Varna – Vratsa – Varna;

Plovdiv – Gorna Oryahovitsa – Plovdiv.

For customers who prefer to purchase tickets for their journey from the ticket offices, a pre-sale for seats on all fast trains that will travel during the holiday period is underway.

The usual pre-sale period for tickets for seats at the ticket offices is 5 days, but BDZ has the practice of extending this period in cases where longer festive periods are to take place. In this way, service users are given the opportunity to plan their journeys in advance, as well as to purchase a ticket and seat reservation for their preferred train in a timely manner, the railway company said.

BDZ customers can also purchase tickets for their journey online, with the system allowing 30 days advance sale. The online rail ticketing system is available on BDZ's official website - www.bdz.bg, as well as online - https://bileti.bdz.bg/.

When purchasing return tickets, a 10% to 20% discount on the regular price is available, depending on the company's various discount offers.